Method of embossed printing



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DANIEL G. ELSEN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF EMBOSSED PRINTING.

`Application led April 3, 1922. Serial` No. 549,120.

T o all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DANIEL Gr. ELsEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and .State of New York, have invented a new andimprovedMethod of Embossed Printing, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

rl`his invention relates to the art of printing and has more particularreference to a method of embossed printing on fabric or other flexiblematerials.

Broadly the invention contemplates a method of embossed printing on aflexible material whereby the embossing or raising of the characters andthe imposing of the ink thereon is accomplished simultaneously.

As a further object the invention contemplates a method of embossedprinting on a flexible material in which the embossing is accomplishedby means of a heated embossing element and in which a dry ink isemployed which liqueies under the action of heat and is released anddeposited by the action of said heated embossing element.

The invention contemplates more specifically a method of embossedprinting for garment labels in order to :closely simulate woven orembroidered labels whereby to reduce the cost of production of labels ofthis character.

With the above recited and other objects in view, the invention residesin the method set forth in the following specification, pointed out inthe appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, itbeing understood that variations and modifications which properly fallwithin the scope of the appended claims may be resorted to when foundexpedient.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a fragmentary sectional view illustratingthe apparatus employed for carrying out the method prior to the printingand embossing operation.

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the operation.

Figure 3 is a face view of the printing die or type.

Fig. 4 is a view of the completed article or label.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 10 designates abase plate or block upon which a compressible sheet or element 11, suchas paper or the like coated on its upper face with dry ink 12, isarranged. The fabric or other material 13 constituting the body of thelabel or .other article is .arranged face downward on the dry coating. Adie block 14 having an embossed or raised character 15 onits under sideis superposed with respect to the fabric or Iother material and isadapted to be brought into forcible engagement andvcontact with theupper rear face of said fabric or material.

The method consists essentially in heating the die 14 and the embossedor raised character 15 thereon to a predetermined degree and thenforcing the same into contact with the rear face of the fabric ormaterial to emboss or raise that portion of the material with which thecharacter 15 coacts. rThe heated embossed surface releases a chemical inthe dry ink and liquefies the same to cause it to adhere to the embossedcharacter formed on the under and outer face of the fabric or material.The compressible sheet or strip 11 permits and compensates for theimpression formed by the raised character.

I claim:

1. A method of embossed printing consisting in presenting the materialto be embossed and printed, to an ink adapted to liquefy un- .der theaction of heat, and subjecting said material to the pressure of a heatedembossing element.

2. A method of embossed printing consisting in disposing the material tobe embossed and printed on a yieldably supported dry ink adapted toliquefy under the action of heat, and subjecting said material to thepressure of a heated embossing element.

3. A method of embossed printing consisting in disposing the material tobe embossed and printed on a yieldably supported dry ink adapted toliquify under the action of heat, and subjecting said materialsimultaneously to the action of heat and an embossing element.

4. A method of embossed printing consisting in presenting the face ofthe material to be embossed and printed to a yieldneously raising thecharacters on the front face ofthe material by forcing the lembossedcharacters of a heated die against the rear face thereof and presentingsaid characters simultaneously on a dry ink adapted to liq- -uefy underthe action of heat.

. 6. The herein described method of embossed printing consisting inimposing jthe material to be embossed and printed face` downward on arigidly supported compressible element having on its upper face acoating of drying ink adapted to liquefy under

